The identification principle and corrupt practices, Neil Swift

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In a recent interview with LexisPSL, Neil Swift discussed the case of Smith and Ouzman Ltd., and the challenges in identifying a directing mind and will in corruption cases. The interview is available here.

“The Criminal Cartel Offence: Where are we now?” – Michael O’Kane provides expert guidance in Practical Law video

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Michael O’Kane, Head of Business Crime at Peters & Peters, was invited to provide expert guidance on UK cartel enforcement in “The Criminal Cartel Offence: Where are we now?”, a video for Practical Law. Michael’s video can be accessed here, via the Practical Law website. Topics include: Prosecutions to date under the UK cartel offence […]

Bribery and Corruption – Looking Ahead to 2016 by Neil Swift

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Corporate Crime analysis: Neil Swift, partner in the business crime team at Peters & Peters, looks ahead to the most likely developments  in 2016 in the area of bribery and corruption. To read the full article please click the link below: Bribery and corruption—looking ahead to 2016

Bribery and Corruption – 2015 in review by Neil Swift

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Corporate Crime analysis: Neil Swift, partner in the business crime team at Peters & Peters, looks at the most significant developments in 2015 in the area of bribery and corruption. To read the full article please click the link below: Bribery and corruption—2015 in review

Employee fraud

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We are acting for a foreign based company in a fraud and asset tracing claim against its former director an offshore company under his control. The claim relates to the alleged misappropriation of several million US dollars and involves the tracing of monies through Cyprus, Russia and Switzerland. A worldwide freezing injunction and disclosure order […]

Internal investigation for household brand arising from criminal and regulatory allegations against major customer

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Peters & Peters is conducting an internal investigation for a leading household name company arising from criminal and regulatory investigations into one of its major corporate customers. This includes advising on the potential liability of the client and its employees. The matter is one of multiple large-scale investigations in which the firm has been called […]

Corporate Crime Analysis – published on Lexis Nexis ‘Extradition and transit cases- a positive change’ 1st December 2015

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Corporate Crime analysis: Jasvinder Nakhwal, partner in business crime at Peters and Peters, with William Green, associate, and legal researcher Craig Hogg, explains the key proposals in the government’s draft codes of practice for extradition and transit cases, and anticipates a broadly positive response from practitioners. To view the full publication please click below. Extradition […]

The UK continues to export best practice in financial services regulation

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On 21 October 2015, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (“ADGM”) officially opened for business.  The ADGM is the latest international financial free zone to be established in the UAE and throughout the Persian Gulf.  In common with similar initiatives in Dubai and Qatar, to encourage diversification of Abu Dhabi’s economy through foreign investment, the ADGM […]

AML failures in DIFC-regulated firms lead to enforcement action

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By Final Notice dated 2 November 2015, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (the “DFSA”) imposed a $640,000 financial penalty on the Dubai International Financial Centre branch of the Dutch bank ABN AMRO (“ABN”, or the “Bank”), for failures in the Bank’s anti-money laundering (“AML”) systems and controls. The DFSA identified “widespread … contraventions”, which in […]

Peters & Peters proud to sponsor Sergei Magnitsky Human Rights Awards 2015

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Peters & Peters is proud to have sponsored the Sergei Magnitsky Human Rights Awards, which took place on 16 November 2015 in honour of Russian anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, on the sixth anniversary of his death. The Awards were hosted by Hermitage Capital Management, a victim of ‘corporate raiding’ in the Russian Federation. Sergei Magnitsky, […]